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Bernstein - Wonderful Town / Comden and Green Songs | Naxos - Nostalgia 8120846

Bernstein - Wonderful Town / Comden and Green Songs

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Label: Naxos - Nostalgia

Cat No: 8120846

Barcode: 0636943284629

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 26th February 2007

Contents

Artists

Rosalind Russell
Edith Adams
George Gaynes
Cris Alexander
Jordan Bentley
Albert Linville
Dort Clark

Conductor

Lehman Engel

Artists

Rosalind Russell
Edith Adams
George Gaynes
Cris Alexander
Jordan Bentley
Albert Linville
Dort Clark

Conductor

Lehman Engel

About

Touched by tragedy, conceived in confusion and delivered with dissent, there’s no possible reason that Wonderful Town should have lasted past opening night, yet alone become one of the classics of the musical theatre. Yet somehow it did and although a lot of people can take credit for its success – including star Rosalind Russell, director George Abbott and composer Leonard Bernstein – you really have to take your hat off to Betty Comden and Adolph Green, whose cheeky, chip-on-the shoulder humour was perfect for the project.
 
When Wonderful Town finally opened on 25 February 1953, it received unanimous raves from the New York critics. Typical was this comment in the Daily News: “one of the gayest, smartest shows of recent times”.
 
Besides the original cast recording of Wonderful Town, which brings you Russell, Adams and the rest of the talented company, this album features Comden and Green performing eleven of their other lyrics.
 
- Lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green
- Music by Leonard Bernstein
- Original Broadway Cast Recording 1953
- Conductor Lehman Engel
- Stars Rosalind Russell, Edith Adams, George Gaynes, Cris Alexander, Jordan Bentley, Albert Linville, Dort Clark
 
Comden and Green 1955
Lyrics and Vocals by Betty Comden & Adolph Green
Music by André Previn, Jule Styne, Roger Edens & Leonard Bernstein
 
* I Said Good Mornin’ From It’s Always Fair Weather (Previn)
* Never Never Land; Hook’s Waltz; Distant Melody
* Mysterious Lady From Peter Pan (Styne)
* French Lesson From Good News (Edens)
* I Get Carried Away
* Come Up To My Place (Taxi Song)
* Some Other Time From On The Town (Bernstein)
* Stillman’s Gym From It’s Always Fair Weather (Previn)
* Catch Our Act At The Met From Two On The Aisle (Styne)

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